[meteorite-list] Space junk re-entry just misses Chilean jet liner

[richard rumble]

Courious as to how he saw the debris BEHIND his aircraft.. didn't know that they had a rear view mirror on those birds....

Richard Rumble



-----Original Message-----
>From: Kevin Forbes <vk3ukf at hotmail.com>
>Sent: Mar 29, 2007 1:25 PM
>To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Space junk re-entry just misses Chilean jet liner
>
>
>Burning space junk falls near passenger plane
>NZPA | Wednesday, 28 March 2007
>
>The Civil Aviation Authority will investigate how falling space junk came 
>within kilometres of a passenger flight into Auckland today.
>
>
>The pilot of the Chilean plane saw the burning debris both in front and 
>behind the aircraft while flying across the Pacific before landing safely at 
>Auckland International Airport, One News reported tonight.
>
>Russian authorities had warned an obsolete satellite was expected to fall in 
>the area, but it happened 12 hours early.
>
>A CAA spokesman said details had not yet been passed on to the authority, 
>but a safety investigation would be launched once a report on the incident 
>was received.
>
>
>----------------------
>Kevin.
>
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